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PRESS RELEASE -- And Justice for All
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 17, 1997
Contact: Christopher Layfield
202.236.5004
Jonathan Zucker
202.628.4160 x4008
PRECEDENT SETTING DEMONSTRATION AGAINST ANTI-GAY CONFERENCE ON
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Professor Chai Feldblum to join student leaders in speaking out
against conference
(Washington, DC) - Chai Feldblum, Associate Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center, will join students of Georgetown
University in demonstrating their opposition to the American Public
Philosophy Institute's "Homosexuality and American Public Life"
conference. The conference is being held at the Georgetown Conference
Center June 19-21.
This precedent setting protest will be the first university sanctioned
demonstration outside of a campus "free speech zone."
Professor Chai Feldblum will be attending the conference and plans to
brief demonstrators on the progress of the conference and provide an
analysis of how this conference differs from an academic conference.
"As a professor, I will be interested to see if the conference
delivers on its promise to provide a comprehensive exploration of the
issues. I must confess to some skepticism based on the current lineup
of speakers. I am concerned that the academic balance, which is so
essential to both quality scholarship and campus diversity, is lacking
from this program," said Chai Feldblum, Associate Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center.
"This conference is being held on our campus. We want to make it
quite clear to the conference participants and organizers, as well as
the University administration, that we do not support the hateful and
bigoted message of the conference," said John Cronan, President of the
Georgetown University Student Association.
"We hope that the community will join us in showing their displeasure
with these proceedings. It is important that we show that most people
reject the extremist message of this conference," said Christopher
Layfield, president of Georgetown Pride, the undergraduate
organization for bisexuals, gay men and lesbians.
WHAT: Demonstration
WHERE: Parking Lot outside Darnell Hall, Georgetown University
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
WHEN: 11:30 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 1997
WHO: Chai Feldblum, Associate Professor of Law, Director,
Federal Legislation Clinic, Georgetown University Law
Center
John Cronan, President of Georgetown University Student
Association
Christopher Layfield, President of Georgetown Pride
This demonstration is being coordinated with a press conference on
Thursday, June 19. For more information about the press conference,
please contact Jonathan Zucker at 202.628.4160 x4008.

And Justice for All (AJA) is a grassroots membership
organization dedicated to achieving equality for everyone
without regard to sexual orientation and to engaging
heterosexuals in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
rights movement.
P.O. Box 53079 (202) 298-9362
Washington, DC 20002 justice@clark.net